Remembering Russia
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- 1.
- A.
Russian Orthodox Easter
- B.
Russian Orthodox Christmas
- C.
International Women's Day
- D.
International Peace Day
- 2.
- A.
Power sharing by the Bolsheviks and Petrograd Soviet
- B.
Power sharing by the Petrograd Soviet and the Provisional Government
- C.
Power sharing by the Provisional Government and the Bolsheviks
- D.
Power sharing by the Provisional Government and the Duma
- 3.
- A.
Given by the Petrograd Soviet to prevent followers obeying Provisional Government orders
- B.
Given by the Bolsheviks to storm the Winter Palace
- C.
Given by the Provisional Government to obtain land
- D.
Given by the Bolsheviks for the assassination of the Tsar and his family
- 4.
- A.
Ending the war
- B.
Nationalisation of the banks
- C.
Abolition of the army and police
- D.
Tactics for revolution
- 5.
- A.
The Bolsheviks had not planned it
- B.
Trotsky ordered the protests remain peaceful
- C.
There was internal Bolshevik arguments
- D.
The Provisional Government brought in reinforcements
- 6.
- A.
The Bolsheviks were free and armed
- B.
The Provisional Government was undermined
- C.
Kerensky's behaviour became increasingly autocratic
- D.
Kornilov became a leader in the White Army
- 7.
- A.
The Petrograd Soviet
- B.
Kronsdadt Sailors
- C.
The Rail Workers' Union
- D.
The Proletarian Workers
- 8.
- A.
Orgburo
- B.
Sovnarkom
- C.
CHEKA
- D.
Politburo
- 9.
- A.
A spontaneous peasant uprising
- B.
A vanguard of small, dedicated, professional revolutionaries
- C.
A dictatoriship of the proletariat
- D.
Centralised government
- 10.
- A.
Orgburo
- B.
CHEKA
- C.
Sovnarkom
- D.
Politburo
- 11.
- A.
Germany did not have a successful socialist revolution
- B.
It weakened Lenin's leadership
- C.
Gave Russia breathing space from war
- D.
Upset Russia's allies
- 12.The White Army was named as such for its use of snow as camouflage
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.Trotsky re-introduced the death penalty for cowards and deserters.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.War Communism was successful in helping the Red Army win the Civil War
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.The Tsar and his family were assassinated by renegade Green Army fanatics
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.Peasants were to blame for the failure of War Communism
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.The NEP was introduced in
- 18.The NEP was introduced because of which uprising?
- 19.Peasants could now profit from producing what?
- 20.
- A.
He wanted to support the Petrograd Soviet
- B.
He believed in the proletariat having their say
- C.
He believed they were the best way to achieve power
- D.
He wanted to support the Kadets
- 21.Iskra (The Spark) was the official Bolshevik newspaper after the Revolution.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 22.
- A.
Kadets
- B.
Bolsheviks
- C.
Mensheviks
- D.
Socialist Revolutionaries
- 23.
- 24.
- A.
Kultburo
- B.
Prolekult
- C.
Kultomatic
- D.
Extraordinary Committee for Culture
- 25.One of the reasons for the Provisional Government's failure was because they were seen as a tool of the ??
- 26.The bulk of the fighting in the Civil War took place in Siberia
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 27.
- A.
Britain
- B.
China
- C.
Japan
- D.
America
- 28.
- A.
Smooching
- B.
Schmenkatz
- C.
Schumeister
- D.
Smychka
- 29.By what level did grain production fall in 1921 due to War Communism?
- A.
Less than half of 1913 levels
- B.
Less than one third of 1913 levels
- C.
Less than one quarter of 1913 levels
- D.
Less than one fifth of 1913 levels
- 30.Lenin called the New Economic Policy a "way forward".
- A.
True
- B.
False
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